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Elizabeth Duffy, NCPS

Based in the UK Online sessions

Practical support for overwhelmed parents

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Years in practice
17
Registration
NCPS
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Addictions
Focus
Trauma and abuse
About

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Duffy offers calm, practical support for parents feeling overwhelmed. She welcomes straightforward conversations about stress, anxiety, addiction, grief and the pressures of parenting. Her manner is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people find clearer footing during tough times.

With 17 years of experience, she draws on a mix of approaches to suit each person's needs. Sessions focus on helping clients talk through feelings, spot unhelpful patterns and try small changes that make daily life easier.

Background and approach

Practical skills such as breathing, thought-challenging and communication techniques are used alongside deeper conversations about past hurts and relationship patterns. Elizabeth aims to make the therapy space steady and non-judgemental. She listens for what matters most to each person and builds work around real-life demands, such as parenting responsibilities or work pressures.

Goals are practical and revisited as life changes. Her background includes a national credential, NCPS, and work across a broad range of concerns including trauma, addictions, mood difficulties, ADHD and issues around intimacy and relationships. She also supports people dealing with career stress, compassion fatigue and loss.

Sessions are available to people in the United Kingdom and to international clients in English. The practical focus is on helping people leave each session with ideas they can try between meetings, so progress feels useful and grounded.

Focus areas and approaches

What Elizabeth works with

Everything Elizabeth lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Elizabeth helps people with.

Approaches Elizabeth lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.

Online support

How Elizabeth’s approaches work online

Elizabeth often combines client-centred work with cognitive behavioural techniques. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and helping the person lead the pace of change, which suits people who need space to talk through parenting stresses. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood or change unhelpful habits.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. She will discuss options and try methods that match a person’s goals, lifestyle and comfort with different techniques. That means sessions can shift from problem-solving tasks to deeper emotional work as needed, and goals are reviewed together.

Online formats make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls let you use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, brief coaching-style support or when someone wants written reflections to refer back to. These options give flexibility so therapy can continue through work commitments, parenting routines or travel.
Questions

Questions people ask about Elizabeth

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, parenting strain, grief and relationship or intimacy issues.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Sessions are conversational and practical. She combines listening with simple tools like thought work, mindfulness and communication practice.

What is her professional background?

She has 17 years of experience supporting people with mental health and behaviour concerns, and has worked across issues such as ADHD, bipolar, eating and sleeping difficulties.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She is based in the United Kingdom and holds the NCPS credential as listed in her profile.

Are sessions available in other languages or countries?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

She works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangement; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a session according to availability.

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